The text quotes Michel-Rolph Trouillot, who claims that as the social sciences were becoming established at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, anthropology was assigned the "savage slot." What does he mean by that?

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Jaiden Frey

Social Studies

23 February, 11:34

The text quotes Michel-Rolph Trouillot, who claims that as the social sciences were becoming established at the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of the twentieth century, anthropology was assigned the "savage slot." What does he mean by that?

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Kiana Whitehead · Answer 1

all manifestations that go against Westerner norms

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In the context of anthropology, the term "savage slot" refers to all manifestations that go against Westerner norms. This became the savage slot as Anthropologists became the experts in regards to the societies and cultures that were almost completely colonized by The United States and even all the European countries.